Was Abraham really Brahma: The Hindu origins of the Jews
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Peace peace,
http//www.viewzone.com/abraham.htmlA sample In his History of the Jews, the Jewish scholar and theologian Flavius Josephus (37 - 100 A.D.), wrote that the Greek philosopher Aristotle had said "...These Jews are derived from the Indian philosophers; they are named by the Indians Calani." (Book I22.)
Clearchus of Soli wrote, "The Jews descend from the philosophers of India. The philosophers are called in India Calanians and in Syria Jews. The name of their capital is very difficult to pronounce. It is called 'Jerusalem.'"
"Megasthenes, who was sent to India by Seleucus Nicator, about three hundred years before Christ, and whose accounts from new inquiries are every day acquiring additional credit, says that the Jews 'were an Indian tribe or sect called Kalani...'" (Anacalypsis, by Godfrey Higgins, Vol. I; p. 400.)
Martin Haug, Ph.D., wrote in The Sacred Language, Writings, and Religions of the Parsis, "The Magi are said to have called their religion Kesh--Ibrahim.They traced their religious books to Abraham, who was believed to have brought them from heaven." (p. 16.)
There are certain striking similarities between the Hindu god Brahma and his consort Saraisvati, and the Jewish Abraham and Sarai, that are more than mere coincidences. Although in all of India there is only one temple dedicated to Brahma, this cult is the third largest Hindu sect.
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Just goes to prove the quran more correct
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Interresting side note is that Jesus and his brother Thomas are recorded to going to Kashmir in India, as the Acts of Thomas say they went back to the "lost sheep of Israel".
After the Babyloniers destroyed Israel around 500BC, many Jews dispersed over the continents. Some ended up in India. Maybe this was a returning...